From: "Bob W"
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms
Everybody in Durham knows about that bridge. It's been going on since I
was a little kid.
About once a week a truck driver from out of town will head down that
street. I don't think reading is the problem; it's not remembering that
your truck is 12' that get's 'em every time.
Or not paying attention ... because it does occasionally still catch a
local driver.
They used to have a pipe hanging on chains across the street for the
trucks to hit before they got to the bridge. But replacing it every
week got too expensive. Trucks kept ripping it down and smashing it
against the bridge.
They replaced it with those flashing lights which are high enough the
trucks don't normally hit them before they hit the bridge.
Perhaps they should consider lowering the road.
I think that was proposed at one time, but they found some reason
(beyond how much it was going to cost) why they couldn't do it.
Replacing it with a higher bridge would require changing the railroad
grade & replacing several other bridges as well. As many times as the
bridge has been hit, I don't remember that they ever had to close the
railroad tracks.
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